Noel Meade trains Owen Mc and he said: "We thought he was useful. He did everything very nicely at home but he'd never really been asked to do anything. That was my only worry.

"He did three pieces of work and he got better and better so it wasn't a surprise. The owner, Christy McDonnell, spends a lot of his time in Canada. He brought the mare (Owen Mc's dam, They Call Me Molly) back from Canada and I think she bred one winner before that Jonjo (O'Neill) had.

"We'll probably keep him to bumpers. It looks the right thing to do and he'll certainly run in one more anyway. He didn't have a hard race, with his pace he was able to sit, pick them up and do it easily."